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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
4
Epworth and Cedar Rapids social visits fill this week with Mrs. J S Hall and other residents traveling to nearby towns. The Crane Theatre hosts Hell’s Hinges and a jazz orchestra, while Devlin Millinery markets stylish hats and trims.
Hazleton and area residents return from visits to Davenport Seattle Rock Island and Cedar Rapids. The Crane Theatre announces Jane Cowl in The Spreading Dawn on April 18 as community notices of travel and wartime assignments appear in society column style.
Monticello teachers did not attend the district institute at Cedar Rapids last week. They preferred a home entertainment by the senior class which drew unusually high attendance and strong satisfaction.
Mr and Mrs R A DeWitt of Chicago came to Monticello due to Mrs Ahab DeWitt illness. Mr DeWitt returned Saturday. Mrs DeWitt stays longer. Monticello Calmar rail service resumes with evening trip to Calmar connecting to Cedar Rapids line. morning return alignments restored.
An advertisement from Matthiessen Garage offers guaranteed vulcanizing services for tires and tubes with contact reference 40-4.
Leonard Heisey son of Mr and Mrs Henry Heisey has enlisted in the army and is accepted for the quartermaster's department. He will depart tomorrow morning for Jefferson Barracks to report for duty.
Ernest Hoult, a member of the selectives who went to Camp Dodge in February, has fallen ill after recovering from measles. He contracted mumps and remains in the hospital.
Third grade pupils knitted a Belgian baby blanket shown in a local store window. The exhibit highlights the girls skill and their sympathies. A fine rain last Saturday benefited newly sowed grain grass and soil moisture, easing farming conditions.
Rev Prof A C Keister of Mt Vernon will preach both morning and evening on living subjects of Christian and world progress. John Barrack visited Camp Dodge with Rev S Ide J B Zimmerman and B D Haeussler in an auto before his son departs for another camp.
Mrs Newton Parrott and Mrs J J Hayes host a two show event at Mrs Parrott s home Thursday April 18 Pro jectoscope scenes of Europe at 2 30 pm and American images at 7 80 pm Tickets cost ten cents with all proceeds to the local Red Cross chapter and all are invited
Vincent McGreevy deputy clerk of the district court who was drafted to Camp Dodge last February has been honorably discharged for physical disability. He had been rejected on a prior examination and when he sought to enlist. He is under weight and lacking the strength of an able bodied soldier.
Mr Carrick age ninety died at the home of Thomas Supple in Castle Grove township after a brief illness. He was father in law to Thomas Supple and Wm Kehoe and was laid to rest at Temple Hill cemetery beside his wife after a funeral at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. He rarely required medical care in a long life.
John J. Locher is named an explosives licensing agent for the board of mines to issue licenses to local manufacturers vendors and others involved with explosives. The law requires a license to manufacture store or possess explosives and aims to keep dynamite away from disloyal or careless users, including quarrymen road builders contractors and farmers who must obtain a license to buy from authorized dealers.
Michael Schoenherr a Switzer aged about 90 91 died at Independence hospital last Sunday after a cancer of the face illness He lived in Richland township Monticello and Springville and returned to Monticello seven or eight years ago His wife could not pay for embalming for transport to Monticello and authorities declined He left a large scattered family with two near Monticello and the county treasurer left a tax list copy at the Monticello State Bank for payment of taxes
Miss Anna Bertha Rigby a former Monticello resident died in DeSmet South Dakota of uremia last Friday after a brief illness. She was born September 16 1860 in Wayne township and lived in Monticello until 1908. She is survived by sister Mrs Lettie Ahlers nephew John Ahlers and many cousins. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church in Monticello and interment followed at Oakwood cemetery beside her parents.
War emergency garden leader from Iowa State College will lecture at the Monticello opera house on Saturday April 18 1918 between 8 and 4. Admission is free and 200 Monticello school children have signed up to grow and tend summer gardens to boost food production. The talk is backed by the Monticello board of education and local community leaders.
John Egger came to the hospital last Friday for medical treatment. Fritz Husmann of Sand Spring underwent an operation yesterday. Barney Magee is at the hospital for medical treatment. Miss Loraine Dautremont underwent an operation last Tuesday. Joe Hutton of Wyoming came to the hospital Monday for medical treatment. Mrs T F Becker and baby daughter were able to return home Tuesday.
Citizens are urged to attend the Liberty Loan session at City Hall to subscribe promptly to Uncle Sam’s bonds. A firm warning that those who delay will be pursued by a dedicated committee, with neighbors aware of their actions.
The segment of the Great Lakes naval band performed in Monticello last Tuesday morning on First Street before a crowded patriotic crowd. The event included a flag ceremony and a Pullman carriage journey with R H Faxon and A W Arnold in charge of entourage. The day also featured a drill display by eight jackies and a speech urging prompt action to meet Iowa's Liberty Loan quota.
Miss Ruth Robb and Norman Clark visited the Ames school this week. Seniors showcase efforts with classes improving and a big play When Duty Calls in the opera house. A May Day pageant and a marine hand visit are planned with free admission April 18 and early May school events.
The Monticello Express for April 1803 records births of a Hall girl on the 28th and a King baby girl on the 3rd, and the death of Dr. Wm. Skinner on the 27th. It lists marriages including Rose Vifian and Roenaald Biery on the 14th and Maggie Reichart with Kurt, and notes resignations, relocations, health trips, and local civic changes.
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